Hour. England ride their luck to reach the womens world cup quarterfinals. But theyll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. And we have a north south split in the weather today. In the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. In the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. All the details later. Its tuesday the 8th of august. Our main story. 15 Asylum Seekers have spent their first night on the governments controversial Accommodation Barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. Ministers want to move hundreds more onto the Bibby Stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. All this comes as the home Office Announces a new taskforce to crack down on Rogue Lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. Ellie price reports. The first Asylum Seekers move into their new tempor
relationship rock solid . police say further inquiries are taking place into whether a bbc presenter alleged to have paid a teenager for explicit photos committed a criminal offence. the kremlin says the wagner boss, yevgeny prigozhin, met vladimir putin five days after he led a failed mutiny. the un s weather agency says it is extremely worried about record high temperatures recorded around the world. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. let s bring you up to speed with wimbledon, as the tournament enters the second week. novak djokovic and daniil medvedev are through to the quarter finals, medvedev progressing by virtue of his opponent retiring. he was two sets up at the time. the women s champion elena rybkahina also through without needed to complete her match. chetan pathak is there for us. djokovic dropped one set, but looking in good shape to retain his title here. and potentially level that famou
iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
invasion of ukraine. and the lengths people will go to to get around schemes that are supposed to reduce coming up on bbc news the fallout from the grand national is the death of three horses across the three day meeting, protest and arrest part of the best spark debate. good evening. the nhs in england said it had to cancel almost 200,000 operations and appointments last week during the four day strike by junior doctors, heaping four day strike byjunior doctors, heaping yet more pressure on the health service. over the past five months, almost half a million appointments have had to be rescheduled, and the nhs national medical director says with each strike, it becomes harder. and he wants the impact on patients and staff will continue to worsen. he warns. our health editor hugh pym reports. trying to get back to normal. are you comfortable as you are, lying on the bed? they are assessing patients who have come through this hospital s emergency department. fully staf